Ronald Bloss Sr. loved the water. As soon as the weather warmed enough, he would tow his johnboat out to the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pa., and get the motor running.

“Come April, my dad would leave to go to the river,” said Bloss' only daughter, Tina Rohrbaugh.

So when Bloss died last week at age 78, his daughter remembered something her dad told her he wanted a few years back: to be carried to his funeral ceremony by boat.

On Wednesday, the pallbearers hoisted Bloss' casket aboard his johnboat, and Bloss took one final boat ride.

“That's what dad really wanted,” Rohrbaugh said. “It was like him going fishing, going for that last ride.”

Michael Gladfelter, owner of Diehl Funeral Home and Cremation Center Inc., said Wednesday marked a first for his funeral home, too. But he's done other unique services. His goal is to help families honor their loved ones.

For Bloss, who loved fishing and being on the water, “I thought this was perfect,” Gladfelter said.

His only regret: “If I would have been able to find a place virtually overnight that would have made a banner that said 'Gone fishing,' that would have been really neat.”

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